Juvenal (Skeet Ulrich) is one of the staff at a rehab center. August Murray (Tom Arnold) is a religious zealot convicted for misdemeanor assault. Bill Hill (Christopher Walken) sends in alcoholic Lynn Faulkner (Bridget Fonda). She's actually undercover for his investigation of Juvenal's religious stigmata miracles. Kathy Worthington (Janeane Garofalo) is a newspaper reporter. Everybody is trying to ascertain the truth and exploit it.
This Paul Schrader film is adapted from an Elmore Leonard book. It's a meandering story with lackluster characters. Honestly, Tom Arnold probably ruins this movie for me before it starts. I can't take him seriously and it's not silly enough to be funny. Schrader's storytelling doesn't help. The other actors are perfectly fine. There is some potential with the basic material but this is not good.
This Paul Schrader film is adapted from an Elmore Leonard book. It's a meandering story with lackluster characters. Honestly, Tom Arnold probably ruins this movie for me before it starts. I can't take him seriously and it's not silly enough to be funny. Schrader's storytelling doesn't help. The other actors are perfectly fine. There is some potential with the basic material but this is not good.